Specific secretion of citric acid induced by Al stress in Cassia tora L.
Specific secretion of citric acid induced by Al stress in Cassia tora L.
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029266
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发表时间:
1997-09-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Matsumoto, H
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作者:
Ma, JF;Zheng, SJ;Matsumoto, H
A rapid and sensitive assay method for Al-chelating activity was established to screen Al-chelating substances secreted from roots of Al-resistant species in response to Al stress. From one Al-resistant species, Cassia tora L., an Al-chelating substance was detected in the root exudates when they were exposed to 50 mu M Al in 0.5 mM CaCl2 solution at pH 4.5; the dominant component was identified as citric acid. The secretion of citric acid was very low during the first 4 h after initiation of Al treatment, but increased markedly thereafter. A 3-h pulse with 50 mu M Al also induced significant secretion of citric acid after 6 h. The lag between Al addition and secretion of citric acid suggests that inducible processes are involved. A dose-response experiment showed that the amount of secreted citric acid increased with increasing external concentrations of Al. Eight-d treatment of P deficiency did not induce the secretion of citric acid. Exposure to 50 mu M of either lanthanum (La3+) or ytterbium (Yb3+) did not induce the secretion of citric acid either. These findings indicate that the secretion of citric acid is a response specific to Al stress in C. tora and constitutes a mechanism of Al resistance.